Olga is an activist for the rights of people with disabilities and mental health issues from Georgia. After being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2005, she now works for local rights groups, teaches mental health and disability rights at Ilia State University, as well as delivers training on the topic, including to police officers in Georgia.
Paul is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Yerevan. He has worked in Armenia as the English language editor at CivilNet and as a project associate for USAID programmes. He is also a historian of Armenian immigration to the United States, especially regarding his hometown of Philadelphia.
Rahim has worked as a human rights defender and journalist in Azerbaijan and Georgia for over 5 years. He writes mainly about ethnic minorities, queer issues, peacebuilding, and women's rights. He is currently leading the Colourfull Caucasus project.
Parvana Rahimova has over 3 years of experience as a journalist and photographer. She is passionate about documentary filmmaking, and visual arts. She is also highly interested in social and gender issues, and peacebuilding.
Ramil is a Baku-born PhD candidate at the Charles University in Prague, where he is researching marginalised and queer masculinities in Azerbaijan. Ramil mainly focuses on gender issues, queer rights, ethnicity, and queer nationalism.
Before joining OC Media as an editor at its founding in 2017, Robin worked in Georgia’s NGO sector. He is passionate about human rights and social justice and is a big believer in giving voice to marginalised people and tackling tough subjects head-on. Robin enjoys hiking, KFC, and the Oxford comma.
